short the basis

short the basis definition - finance
Purchasing futures as a hedge against a commitment to sell in the cash markets. It is the opposite of being long the basis.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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